type EventCallback = (...data: any[]) => any | Function;
/**
 * Class EventHandler to manage event subscriptions and dispatching.
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * const handler = new EventHandler();
 * handler.subscribe('say', msg => console.log(msg), 'id1');
 * handler.dispatch('say', 'hello');
 * ```
 */
export declare class EventHandler {
    private events;
    private patterns;
    private cache;
    /**
     * Construct an instance of EventHandler.
     */
    constructor();
    /**
     * Converts a wildcard string to a regular expression.
     * @param wildcardString - The wildcard string to convert.
     * @returns A RegExp object.
     */
    private wildcardToRegExp;
    /**
     * Escapes special characters in a string for use in a regular expression.
     * @param string - The string to escape.
     * @return The escaped string.
     */
    private escapeRegExp;
    /**
     * Dispatches an event to all subscribed callbacks.
     * @param event - The event name to dispatch.
     * @param data - Data to be passed to the callback function.
     * @returns A promise resolved with an array of callback responses.
     *
     * @example
     * ```ts
     * await handler.dispatch('say', 'hi');
     * ```
     */
    dispatch(event: string, ...data: any[]): Promise<any[]>;
    /**
     * Subscribes to an event or a pattern of events.
     * @param eventString - The event name or pattern to subscribe to.
     * @param callback - The callback function to execute when the event is dispatched.
     * @param id - An identifier for the subscription, used for unsubscribing.
     *
     * @example
     * ```ts
     * handler.subscribe('user.*', cb, 'id');
     * ```
     */
    subscribe(eventString: string, callback: EventCallback, id: string): void;
    /**
     * Unsubscribes from an event or pattern of events.
     * @param eventString - The event name or pattern to unsubscribe from.
     * @param id - The identifier of the subscription to remove.
     *
     * @example
     * ```ts
     * handler.unsubscribe('user.*', 'id');
     * ```
     */
    unsubscribe(eventString: string, id: string): void;
    /**
     * Remove an event or pattern from the cache based on id.
     * @param event - The event name or pattern.
     * @param id - The identifier of the subscription to remove from the cache.
     */
    private updateCache;
    /**
     * Update cache by removing pattern-matching events based on id.
     * @param regex - The regular expression pattern to match against.
     * @param id - The identifier for the subscription to be removed from the cache.
     */
    private updateCacheWithPattern;
}
declare const _default: EventHandler;
export default _default;